Paduka Siti Sa'diah

Tan Sri Datin Paduka Siti Sa'diah binti Sheikh Bakir is our Independent Non-Executive Director. She was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2019.

Tan Sri Datin Paduka Siti Sa'diah is a distinguished corporate figure and a respected leader in the education services sector with extensive experience in leadership, strategy and business transformation in Malaysia. She began her career with Johor Corporation ("JCorp") in 1974 and joined JCorp's Healthcare Division in 1978. She was the Chief Executive of Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd from 1989 until the company's listing on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia in 1994 known as KPJ Healthcare Berhad ("KPJ"). At KPJ, she served as Managing Director from 1993 until her retirement in 2012, and then as the company's Corporate Advisor from 2013 to 2014. In her years at KPJ, Tan Sri Datin Paduka Siti Sa'diah led the transformational strategies that has made KPJ one of the leading private healthcare service providers in Malaysia today. She was an Independent Director of KPJ from 1 May 2015 until 31 March 2020.

She was also the Chairman of KPJ Healthcare University College ("KPJUC") from 2011 to 2016, and Pro-Chancellor of KPJUC from 2011 to 2018. Since 1 January 2019, she has been appointed as the Chancellor of KPJUC. She was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bursa Malaysia from 2004 to 2012 and was a Board Member of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation ("MATRADE") from 1999 to 2012. She served as a Director of a few other Public Listed Companies under Johor Corporation Group namely Al-'Aqar Healthcare REIT, Kulim (M) Berhad, KFC Holdings Malaysia Bhd and QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd from 2006 to 2016. She was the Chairman of Nationwide Express Holdings Berhad from November 2016 to December 2019.